Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Red Skinned Potato Salad and some Garden Pictures

I tried a potato salad recipe by Paula Deen last week and we loved it! I've made my Mother's potato salad for years and tried a couple of others, but this Red Skinned Potato Salad is really delicious! In fact, I have potatoes cooking right now as I write this post, to make some more of this yummy stuff! I did change it a little; I cut the recipe in half for starters, in case we didn't like it. I also used some celery and cut down on the green pepper. I'm making the full recipe today since we all loved it and , it was even better the second day, which is the norm for potato salad. In fact, this is my husband's new favorite potato salad! The sauce has the right amount of tang, although I reduced the Dijon just a bit, and it only has 2 tablespoons of mayo! Amazing!

RED SKINNED POTATO SALAD (adapted from Paula Deen12 cups of diced, cooked new red skinned potatoes1/2 cup diced bell pepper1/2 cup diced red onion1 large stalk of celery, diced1/3 cup Red Wine Vinegar1/2 cup olive oil2 T. mayo1 1/2 T. Dijon mustard1 tsp. salt, I used sea salt1/2 tsp. black pepperIn a dutch oven or large pot add scrubbed potatoes and enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cover pot with a lid and cook potatoes until just tender. Remove potatoes from water to cool. When cool, dice potatoes. In a small bowl, mix together the olive oil, mayo, Dijon, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper and mix til thoroughly combined. In a large bowl add the diced, cooked potatoes, celery, onion, bell pepper and pour the dressing over all and combine well. Refrigerate for several hours before serving. Enjoy!

I've been taking some pictures of some of my perennials this spring and thought I'd share a few with you. Other bloggers have shared some gorgeous photos of their gardens and we've had so much rain, my flowers are doing quite well! Not the vegetables so much, though. Sigh.

Above, is one of my orange Asiatic lilies- they can really get tall and the flowers can be rather large. I moved them last year, so they'll need to play catch up.

I love yellow Coreopsis! They are so dainty on long stems and they love the sun.

Our front porch is on the north where these Impatiens are growing in pots. I love this salmon shade.

And these yellow lilies have bloomed profusely this spring. I enjoy working around the flower beds; it's rather therapeutic and relaxing, most of the time. But, it's so wet right now that the grass and weeds are growing like crazy and it's hard to keep up. Hope you enjoyed my mini garden tour. Have a great week!

Those flowers are lovely! Alas, now that the rhodedendrons and azaleas are finished blooming, I've not a single spot of color in my front yard. *sigh* I think I need some of your potato salad to comfort me! :-)

This potato salad sounds very similar to one I make, so I'm sure it was really tasty. Your flowers look beautiful, I'm still experimenting with different perennials. I have no luck at all with impatiens.